[Android Head-Units] kaween:
@nouniard : sorry !!!!

[MENTION=5210437]Nouniard[/MENTION] : about the i802 Manual.

Sorry, Haven't scanned it yet. Had a very busy week, and blabla ... but the truth is, I was actually too lazy to do it. :(

I did have to fill in my income taxes (yuk) which thanks to our Belgian Gouvernement seems to get more like rocket science with each passing year although "they" proclaim they have "again" simplified matters. :laugh: That took up most of my weekend.

But you may chop my head off if the manual isn't up by this weekend.

And in the mean time i've been toying around with it. Well, it's better than I expected, really.

Cons :

- resistive screen. But that's not really a "con", as you know this is there when you buy it. Can't live with that ? Then look for another unit.

- it makes a disturbing, rattling noise when powering up for a second or so. Not sure what's up with that. It could be the DVD player initialising (which works correctly by the way), maybe its by design, it just "feels odd". Especially because it looks like a passive, fanless design to me.

- and hopefully, I won't be adding too much other negatives here in the future. :)

Pros :

- it boots up fast. For an Android that is. 15 seconds is not exagerated. Rooted or unrooted makes no difference. The Renault Medianav in my wife's car (WinCE unit) doesn't do that much better.

- it indeed can be rooted by anybody. Fire up Framaroot, 2 clicks and your done. SU's there and verified.

- the build quality of the unit is .... very good indeed. My only gripe is the door that hides the gps and storage micro sd readers (yes, it has both) : it's kind of fiddly if you've got large hands.

- screen quality in terms of colour and display is definitly a step up from my WinCE unit, with rich, nice and natural colors.

- radio chip is good. RDS is present, but not complete. (It will show you the name of the radio station for example, but no further details about song/artist .... so a better/upgraded radio app would be nice)

- Wifi is stable

- Button colors can be changed on an RGB Basis, Brightness too can be modified to your personal taste.

- the device feels faster than it should be in terms of specs. I've got old 4.03 tablets with superior specs who feel a lot slower than this unit. And when I use those on hi-def YT movies, the image stutters, while this radio doesn't have any issues there. It feels like the manufacturer has used a very lean running Android build.

- you don't have to molest your dashboard to mount it. :) The part that sticks out at the front is acutally smaller than 2din. The unit comes with 3 or 4 bezel adapters for those who need it, but I was very happy with the small form factor of the unit's front as it will fit perfectly.

- sound quality is definitly superior to the units I've had so far. Not mindblowing, but it sounds .... clearer, fuller, more complete.

- the reverse cam kicks in IMMIDEATLY no matter what state the radio is in. You swich it on, even if it's still booting Android, it will give you that back-camera immideatly no matter what. HUGE relief there !

- external mic (great) with adjustable sensitivity (even better !)

- still got to test : DVB-T system and GPS reception, SWC system (I'm doing the tests on a small test rig in my basement, not in the car) as I have zero reception in my basement.

- the unit draw about 0.20A in "off", and about 1,5A when running and sound on "10" (goes up to 40 I believe). It will remain stable at low voltages to about 9.5V (eat your heart out, Pioneer !) so unless your car cuts power to the radio in a mechanical way during crank or you have a really dead battery, the unit will not reboot when you start your engine.

- when shutting it down, the radio remembers what it was doing last time and picks up from there. An MP3 for example will continu from the spot it was playing when you did shut down the unit. Nice feature, not all android units do that.

I'm pretty much an idiot when it comes to Android, but I think I can mod the unit to get Ad-Hoc working. OTG is for people much smarter than me. And if I don't get Ad-Hoc to work, if need be I'll rig a cheap router in my car and push the OBD-wifi through there (should work) to Torque for the time being.

It will take a month or so till I get the time to build the unit in my car, so I want to toy a bit with it until then. As for the manual, I'll do my best as I kinda like my head where it's at now. :)